Lantern.



' O. I. MITCHELL.

LANTERN. APPLICATION TILED AUG; 27, 1906.

923,288., Patented June 1,1909.

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*pnrirnn sir WENT onjsron CHARLIE I. MITCHELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LANTERN.

To all whom it "may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLIE I. MrroiinLL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illi nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a specification and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to that style of lanterns in which an oil lamp is used, the burner cone of which is carried by a plate independently of the font; the object of the invention being to provide for the removable attachment of the cone to the plate.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a detail vertical section of the lantern taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 3; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the preferred form of burner cone; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cone and its carrying plate; 4 is a detail of a modified form of cone; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the cone shown in Fig. 4, and a detail of its supporting plate; Fig. 6 is a detail of a still further modified form of the burner cone, Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the cone shown in Fig. 6 and of its supporting plate; and Fig. 8 is a detail of the spring for securing the cone of Figs. 6 and 7.

The bottom of a lantern is shown at 10, a portion of its glass globe being represented at 11 and of its frame wires at 12. Its oi] font 13 is seated within the base of the lantern and is rovided with a burner 14 having a wicl' tu e 15. A plate 16 is mounted above the font and, in the construction illustrated, forms the seat for the globe 11. This plate may be freely perforated, as shown at 17, to provide for the circulation of air, and is centrally apertured to accommodate the wicktube 15, this aperture being covered by the cone 18 of any desired form. The p arts thus far mentioned are of any ordinary and preferred construction, and are not novel in themselves or in their association.

The cone 18 is removably attached to the plate 16, in the preferred form of construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 being provided with a plurality of lateral lugs, as 19, 20, 21, 22, which may be bent to pass through Specification of Letters Patent.

Anplication filed August 27, 1906.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Serial No. 332,222.

suitable openings in the plate 16 adjacent its central aperture and may be folded down to firmly secure the cone in place. As shown the cone projects upwardly through the central aperture of the plate 16, and its lugs are curved upwardly through the plate and folded inwardly and downwardly upon its upper face.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, the cone 23 passes upwardly through the central aperture of the plate 16 and has at its base a laterally projecting flange which is divided into sections, as 24, 25, by notches, alternate sections of the flange, as 25, bowing upward slightly and the plate 16 being recessed from its central aperture to permit their passage as the cone is forced upwardly to its seat. The cone now being turned slightly, the flange sections 25 are carried out of register with the recesses 26 and the cone is thereby secured firmly to the plate 16.

A stop 27 may be provided for limiting the angular movement of the cone, this stop being shown as a slight boss struck up on the surface of the plate 16 by means of a punch. This stop is so located that when one of the flange sections comes into engage ment with it the cone slot is in line with the burner tube. The flange sections 24 are of greater length than the sections 25 and hence will entirely close the recesses 26 when the burner is turned into its proper position.

In the construction of Figs. 6, 7 and 8 the cone 28 is provided with a pair of lugs 29, 30, projecting laterally from its base. A pair of curved leaf springs 31, 32, are fixed to the plate 16 and lie against its lower face, and are concentric with and adjacent to its central aperture, these springs being attached by means of rivets 33 at one end only. Each of these springs is curved downwardly intermediate of its ends to form a recess for the reception of the lugs 29, 30. The cone being inserted through the central aperture in the plate 16, is turned to force its lugs 29, 30, between the plate and the springs 31, S2, and into the recesses in the latter, and these recesses are so disposed that when the lugs are engaged thereby the central slot of the cone is in line with the wick-tube. In any of these forms of construction the cone is readily removable for repairs or duplication.

I claim as my invention In combination, a lantern, a font Within 5 the lantern, a burner rising from the font, a plate above the font and apertured to accommodate the burner and being out of metallic contact therewith, and acone fitted 'to the plate aperture and covering the burner and having lateral lugs which pass 1C through apertures in the plate and are overturned to secure the cone in position.

CHARLIE I. MITCHELL. Y Vitnesses LOUIS V. EGGERT, WM. S. HAMM. 

